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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT PENALIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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description: "TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT PENALIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 254"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 254 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Lundstrum"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-02T17:29:32+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-03-17T22:22:43+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f532690-1703-4cba-af75-c575cbc15576"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "862e5ca57dd3b7a49aef943bfd7740d3d79e94331f12cfb2df42d4a6e228782a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 254 (2021) — TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT PENALIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB254-S1.pdf)
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2. **SB 254** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB254.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–16** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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- Lundstrum — primary (person)
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- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hester — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Payton — cosponsor (person)
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- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Rice — cosponsor (person)
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- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Warren — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wing — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02T17:29:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-02-02T19:12:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-04T14:25:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2021-02-04T14:25:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2021-02-04T19:09:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-02-04T19:09:37+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08T22:28:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-09T21:21:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-09T21:22:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2021-02-09T21:22:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2021-02-09T22:12:39+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2021-02-09T22:25:24+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10T01:07:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-10T20:49:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-10T20:49:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2021-03-10T20:49:19+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-03-10T22:02:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2021-03-10T22:02:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2021-03-11T16:46:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2021-03-11T16:46:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-03-17T22:22:43+00:00** Notification that SB254 is now Act 401 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f532690-1703-4cba-af75-c575cbc15576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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